Curriculum Overview

Following the spiral model of popular education, which illustrates the important principles of popular education (see image below), our curriculum facilitator guides serve as a tool for increasing community interest and involvement in the food economy. Ultimately, we see this curriculum as a path for increasing community ownership over food resources.

Theories of popular education assert that real empowerment and learning occurs when participants are able to cycle through the entire “spiral” over a long period of time. That said, however, our curriculum is adaptable for different situations and audiences and therefore does not require a consistent audience throughout each of the workshops (although that would be best!).